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1、ITOPIC:MarkTwainandHenryJamesIIOBJECTIVESA)AmericanrealismB)IntroductiontoMarkTwainC)IntroductiontoHenryJamesD)ThedifferencesbetweenthemTopic1―AmericanRealism1.DefinitionofRealism◆Termappliedtoliterarycompositionthataimstoaninterpretationoftheactualitiesofanyaspectsoflife,freefromsubjecti
2、veprejudice,idealism,orromanticcolor.◆Inartandliterature,Realismreferstoanattempttodescribehumanbehaviorandsurroundingsortorepresentfiguresexactlyastheyactorappearinlife.RealismemergedasaliterarymovementinEuropeinthe1850s.InreactiontoRomanticism,realisticwritersshouldsetdowntheirobservati
3、onsimpartiallyandobjectively.Theyinsistedonaccuratedocumentation,sociologicalinsight,andavoidanceofpoeticdictionandidealization.Thesubjectsweretobetakenfromeverydaylife,preferablyfromlower-classlife.RealismenteredAmericanliteratureaftertheCivilWar.2.TheAgeofRealismInAmericanliterature,the
4、CivilWarbroughttheRomanticPeriodtoanend.TheAgeofRealismcameintoexistence.Itcameasareactionagainstthelieofromanticismandsentimentalism.Realismturnedfromanemphasisonthestrangetowardafaithfulrenderingoftheordinary,asliceoflifeasitisreallylived.Itexpressestheconcernforcommonplaceandthelow,and
5、itoffersanobjectiveratherthananidealisticviewofhumannatureandhumanexperience.Theperiodrangingfrom1865tol914hasbeenreferredtoastheAgeofRealisminthe1iteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates,whichisactuallyamovementortendencythatdominatedthespiritofAmericanliterature,especia1lyAmericanfiction,fromthe
6、1850sonwards.RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismoramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,anditpavedthewaytoModernism.Insteadofthinkingabouttheirrational,theimaginative,realiststoucheduponsocialandpoliticalrealitiesandpressuresinthepost-Civilwarsociety.3.Thehistorical
7、andsocio-culturalbackgroundof AmericanRealismThisperiodischaracterizedwithchanges,inrelationtoeveryaspectofAmericanlife,politically,economically,culturally,andreligiously.Firstofall,politically,theCivilWaraffectedboththesocialandthevaluesystemofthecountry.Americahad
